Centring young people and community voices
A youth and community development consultancy working alongside young people, communities, and those who support them to centre the voices of those most impacted by decisions and create lasting positive change.
Key services offered
- Capacity building training and workshops for young people, community members, and youth and community sector professionals in the following areas:
- Youth participation and youth engagement
- Strengths-based approaches to community development, such as asset-based community development, appreciative inquiry, and narrative therapy
- Advocacy and systemic change
- Facilitate community engagement, capacity-building initiatives, forums, consultations, and focus groups.
- Deliver advocacy reports and submissions containing comprehensive policy recommendations informed through participatory community engagement and background literature reviews.
- Design and implement youth and community development programs and events.
- Facilitate strategic planning processes and develop strategy and action plans.
- Grant and tender submission preparation.
- Youth development supervision for youth and community sector professionals.
Approaches and Principles
Luminosity is grounded in rights-based, participatory, and strengths-focused principles to working with young people, communities, and organisations to ensure the voices and lived experiences of those most impacted by decisions are centred in engagement, advocacy, policy, and program delivery. Young people and communities are experts in their own lives and need to be involved in co-designing solutions to the challenges they face.
Strengths-based approaches utilised by Luminosity:
- Child and human rights-based frameworks for working with young people and communities
- Participatory approaches to youth and community engagement and development
- Asset-Based Community Development
- Appreciative Inquiry
- Narrative Therapy approaches
- Trauma-informed and culturally safe practices
About Luminosity Youth Development Services name and logo
Luminosity Youth Development Solutions is a sole trader entity established by Kate Munro, Founder, in November 2024.
The name “Luminosity” has both professional and personal significance. “Luminosity” is an astronomical term describing the innate brightness of a star. I believe our roles as youth and community sector professionals is to work alongside young people and communities to help them uncover their innate brightness for everyone to see. The term also has a personal meaning as my father, who died when I was very young, was an astronomer, so stars and the night sky have always felt special to me.
The different sizes and brightness of the stars represents the diversity of young people that exist in our communities. It reflects the notion of showing all the different ways young people’s innate brightness can shine through (big, small, brighter, softer).
The small dots are the supporters and advocates in the background doing their work creating environments to allow young people to shine and stepping back to create space for their brightness to appear.
The brighter stars represent young people leading their own paths and shining bright.
The organic shapes surrounding reflect the movement and that the path for young people is not linear however organic and authentic to their own experiences. It also reflects community connectedness and the intertwined layers of support needed.
Hover over the arrows above to learn about the logo meaning. Thank you so much to Leticia Forbes and Yirra Miya Design for their beautiful creative work bringing the logo to life.
Strengths-Based Approach
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Appreciative Inquiry
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Participatory approaches to youth and community engagement and development
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Asset-Based Community Development
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Trauma-informed and culturally safe practices
About Kate
Kate has worked in the youth and community services sector since 1992, specialising in youth participation, child and human rights, youth development, and systemic advocacy in local and state government and non-government organisations. She has focused her career on her passion for creating lasting systemic change for young people by ensuring their voices and lived experiences are centred in all policy decisions that impact their lives.
Kate has extensive experience in organisational management and leading teams to conduct community engagement activities such as youth, community, and stakeholder consultations, capacity building and training, and designing and implementing youth development initiatives. Kate has also led the delivery of various policy reports, submissions, and strategy and action plans, whose recommendations have been informed by data collected through these engagement activities and initiatives.
Kate was CEO of Youth Action, the peak body representing young people and the services that support them in NSW; the Participation Team Manager at the Office of the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People; and Youth Development Officer at Manly and City of Sydney Councils.
Additionally, Kate has extensive experience delivering direct services to young people and adults, including counselling, case management, and program management at Weave Youth and Community Services; Central Sydney Drug Health Services; NSW Juvenile Justice; and NSW Health Sexual Assault Services. As well as experience providing adult education as a Youth Work and Community Services Teacher at NSW TAFE.
In 2024, Kate was awarded an Order of Australia Medal, General Division, for services to young people.
Qualifications
Tertiary Qualifications
- Master’s in International and Community Development (Macquarie University 2015)
- Post-Graduate Certificate in Clinical Drug Dependence Studies (Macquarie University 1996).
- Bachelor of Social Work (Sydney University 1992 Certificate Qualifications
Certificate Qualifications
- Certificate in Evidence-Based Management for NGO Leaders (Carnegie Mellon University 2024)
- Certificate in Governance Foundations for NGO Directors (Australian Institute of Company Directors 2021)
- Certificate IV Training & Assessment TAE (2013)
- Certificate In Adolescent Mental Health (NSW Institute of Psychiatry 1992)
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Acknowledgement of Country
Luminosity acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia. We pay our respects to Elders past and present.
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